Menopause Yoga Teacher Training

PETRA COVENEY

Menopause Teacher Training: 5-day Immersion

£490

This 40-Hour course is accredited by both the British Wheel of Yoga and Yoga Alliance Professionals, and qualifies you to teach Menopause Yoga group classes and workshops to support women going through menopause.

The course is open to all qualified yoga teachers who identify as women and provides professional CPD skills as well as being of personal benefit to teachers who are going through a stage of the menopause.

Many women say they benefit from attending these workshops with other women going through the menopause because there is a shared experience and sense of community.

WHAT CAN I EXPECT?

Trainees have access to a library of Guest Speaker video talks on Nutrition, Aromatherapy, Qigong, Journal writing, Women’s Circles, marketing your MY classes and PDF handouts that are downloadable from the Menopause-Yoga website.
Trainees are supported on this course by a Teachers’ Assistant who answers your queries from start to the completion of the course.

Coursework:
Trainees are expected to attend 100% of the 5-day training course and to submit coursework listed in the Student Pack.

Teacher Support:
This unique course includes the support of a teachers’ assistant who will steer you through the course from start to finish online, and attend two of the five live studio sessions.

On this course, you will learn:

A unique combination of western medical science and eastern wellbeing.
Perspectives from Western modern medical science and the wisdom of ancient eastern wellbeing
What is the menopause, when it happens and why?
History and Cultural context and the impact on women's experiences of the menopause.
An overview of Nutrition, Natural remedies, Complementary Therapies to support hormone balance and long-term health risks of post menopause.
Menopause Yoga: You'll learn the main MY yoga sequences to help alleviate groups of menopause symptoms (hot flushes and menopause rage, anxiety, overwhelm, insomnia and fatigue, lifting low mood and gaining strength and empowerment. There are also modifications for both preventing osteoporosis and working with osteopenia (weakened bones) which can affect 1:3 women in post menopause when their bone density depletes.
Holding Space and Women's Circle discussions.
Planning your workshops.
Marketing your MY workshops and classes.

This is the first menopause specific course for yoga teachers and is the only one to be accredited by Yoga Alliance Professionals as a 40-Hour Further Teacher Training course and the British Wheel of Yoga as a CPD Module.

Petra Coveney

The course is led by Petra Coveney, who is a member of there British Menopause Society (BMS) and includes factual advice from the British Menopause Society on menopause symptoms, symptom management, including and Hormone Replacement Therapy, and the health risks that increase in post menopause.

Petra is also founder of Menopause Yoga and author of the book ‘Menopause Yoga- a Holistic Guide to Supporting Women on Their Menopause Journey.’ She is a senior teacher and trainer and has trained more than 300 teachers in 15 countries around the world.

OUR LOCATION

Whitespace Yoga & Wellbeing Studio

5 St Pauls Court (off the High St),

Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes, MK11 1LJ

Duration & location

Courses are held at our beautiful, light-filled dedicated yoga studio in Milton Keynes – the perfect environment to immerse yourself in this wonderful practice and share experiences with like-minded people.

PARKING

We have very limited free parking available to the rear of the building, entering via Fagan’s Court, although we do recommend you use of the other car parks:

What our customers are saying about us “Inspired, exhausted, knowledgeable and ready to start my journey”
It was fun and tailors to different peoples absorbing information levels. Also very friendly, understanding, created a safe space to ask questions”

- Student